Mexico detains 4th Mexican army officer for questioning, following drug allegations
18 May 2012, 11:25 pm
Mexico's army announced Friday that it had detained a fourth high-ranking officer during a civilian investigation into alleged military links to drug cartels. Three generals were previously deta...

3 army generals accused of aiding narcotics gangs
18 May 2012, 10:14 pm
3 army generals accused of aiding narcotics gangs Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 07:41 p.m., Friday, May 18, 2012 MEXICO CITY - In what could prove the biggest scandal to hit Mexico's military since it was deployed against gangsters five years ago, federal prosecutors ...

Salvation army opens daytime drop-in center for homeless in Detroit
18 May 2012, 3:24 pm
Detroit— The Salvation army unveiled a new daytime shelter for the city's homeless just east of downtown Friday morning.

3rd Mexico army General Probed for Cartel Ties
17 May 2012, 9:55 pm
3rd Mexican army general detained, after 2 others probed for links to Beltran Leyva cartel

army replaces female head of drill sergeant school
17 May 2012, 2:49 pm
The first female commandant of the army's elite drill sergeant school, who had been suspended for a time by the army, has bid a tearful farewell to supporters, students and colleagues as she stepped down from her historic position.

army launches review of PTSD diagnoses
17 May 2012, 8:40 am
army leaders are launching a sweeping, independent review of how the service evaluates soldiers with possible post-traumatic stress disorder following recent complaints that some PTSD diagnoses were improperly overturned.

U.S. may send women to elite Ranger school: top army chief
16 May 2012, 7:05 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. army is considering putting female soldiers through Ranger School, an intense weeks-long combat boot camp that would put them on equal footing with male counterparts who have completed the training, the army's top general said on Wednesday. The move signals the army may be edging closer to reversing a longstanding policy of barring women from combat roles. Women ...

army probing PTSD diagnoses
16 May 2012, 6:28 pm
The army launched a review Wednesday of its handling of post-traumatic stress disorder and other behavioral health evaluations at all of its medical facilities since 2001, in response to fears that some soldiers had their diagnoses reversed because of the costs of caring for them. Read full article >>

army reviews whether women can go to Ranger school
16 May 2012, 2:45 pm
army leaders have begun to study the prospect of sending female soldiers to the service's prestigious Ranger school — another step in the effort to broaden opportunities for women in the military.

army replaces 1st female head of drill sgt school
16 May 2012, 2:36 pm
The army is replacing the first female commander of its prestigious drill sergeant school, it announced Wednesday, just days after it lifted her unexplained six-month suspension.